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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,771 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 462 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Franco-American Flag [citation needed]. French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great ...
Chicago, although not a French place name in itself, shikaakwa or "wild onion" in the Native-American Miami-Illinois language, the pronunciation of the "chi" (as opposed to the "chi" as in China) is the result of early French settlement; Claremont ("Clear Mountain") [86] Colmar (after the Alsatian city) [86] Creve Coeur ("Heartbreak"; early ...
Scottish soldier who served in the French army of Louis XIV during the Thirty Years' War. Anthony Pohlmann United Kingdom: Hanoverian soldier who served in the armies of the British East India Company and Daulat Scindia. Donald Cameron of Lochiel: 1700–1748 Scottish Highland chieftain involved in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Baron Munchausen ...
Giovanni Battista Boazio, mapped Sir Francis Drake's voyage to the West Indies and America; Anders Bure (Sweden, 1571 – 1646), founder of Swedish cartography; Jacob Roelofs van Deventer (Netherlands, c. 1510/15–1575) Fernão Vaz Dourado (India, c. 1520–c. 1580), Portuguese cartographer of the school initiated by Lopo Homem
Étienne Brûlé (North America) François Caron (Indonesia, Japan) François Cauche (Indian Ocean, Madagascar) René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (North America) Samuel de Champlain (North America) Jean Chardin (Iran, India) Daniel de la Rivardière (South America) Simon François Daumont de Saint-Lusson (North America) Nicolas Denys ...
These dukes often had authority over several counties. The commands of the border regions took the name of "march" (French: marche) or "marquisate" (French: marquisat). The precise geography of these districts is difficult to establish, especially since their contours were very fluctuating.